JP2012509188A5 - - Google Patents

Description

The shroud 12 includes a tube main body 42 made of a heat-resistant material, and a head 44 having a square cross section at an upper end thereof. The cross section of the head has a different shape from the cross section of the tube body 42 which is a circular cross section. Furthermore, the square cross-section of the head 44 is larger in size than the circular cross-section of the tube body 42, and as a result, between the head 44 and the tube body 42, the bin shroud 12 is in the position where the shroud is in its use position. And a back surface 46 that is essentially horizontal and faces the lower end of the shroud. Such a back surface cooperates with the upper surface 30 of the support head 20 when the shroud is in its use position and abuts this upper surface.

When this step is completed, the fin 52 is accommodated in the notches 36a and 36b. The support head is further moved upward until its upper surface 30 begins to cooperate with the shroud back surface 46. Support head is then as shown in Figure 5, it is disposed in the shroud.

Claims (16)

A support head (20) capable of supporting a bin shroud (12) for casting liquid metal,
The bin shroud comprises a tube (40) through which liquid metal can pass, the tube extending essentially along the axis;
A support head (20) is configured for the tube handling device (10);
In the support head,
Control means for controlling the angular orientation of the shroud relative to the head (20) about an axis corresponding to the axis of the tube;
Support head. Comprising two arms (28a, 28b) on which the control means are arranged,
The support head (20) according to claim 1. Two arms (28a, 28b) are configured to give the head a single structure,
Support head (20) according to claim 2. The arm can form a joint arm of a gripper to give a plurality of structures to the head.
Support head (20) according to claim 2. The control means forms a holding means for holding the shroud (12) on the head (20);
The support head (20) according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The control means comprises at least one notch (36a, 36b) configured to extend along the axis of the shroud (12) when the shroud is attached to the head (20);
Notch is widened inlet end in this direction together with the belonging to the shroud has a (38), can cooperate with Relief,
The support head (20) according to any one of the preceding claims. A contact surface (30) shaped to compensate for the shape of the back surface (46) of the shroud (12);
This abutment surface can abut against this back surface,
A support head (20) according to any one of the preceding claims. A handling device (10) for a bottle shroud (12) for casting liquid metal comprising:
Comprising the support head (20) according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
Furthermore, a moving means (16, 18, 22, 24, 26) for moving the head and a driving means for driving the moving means are provided.
A handling device for the intake shroud. A bottle shroud (12) for casting liquid metal comprising:
Comprising a tube (40) that allows liquid metal to pass along and extends essentially along the axis;
In the intake shroud,
Control means for controlling the angular orientation of the shroud about an axis corresponding to the axis of the tube relative to the support head (20) according to any one of the preceding claims,
These means, phase complementary manner means (36a, 36b) belonging to the head can cooperate with,
Tray shroud. Control means comprises a single relief even without less that have a cross-section that is invariant with respect to this direction extends essentially along the axis of the tube,
This relief can cooperate with the notches (36a, 36b) belonging to the head according to claim 6.
The shroud (12) of claim 9. The back surface (46) can abut a complementary shaped abutment surface (30) belonging to the support head according to claim 7,
A shroud (12) according to any one of claims 9 and 10. The control means comprises at least three control elements;
The shroud (12) according to any one of claims 9 to 11.   Assembly of the handling device (10) according to claim 8 and the bottle shroud (12) according to any one of claims 9-12. A method for gripping a bottle shroud (12) according to any one of claims 9-12,
A support head (20) according to any one of claims 2 to 7 is introduced into the space (29) in which the shroud (12) is defined between the arms (28a, 28b) of the head. Moving the shroud closer to the portion of the shroud (12) located below the height position of the shroud control means (52) when the shroud is in its use position; and
- stage head (20) is, as the control means of the sheet shroud (52) cooperating with the control means of the head (20), which is moved upward,
including,
A method of grasping the intake shroud. A method for introducing a bottle shroud according to any one of claims 9 to 12 into a casting facility using the handling device (10) according to claim 8.
-The steps of the gripping method according to claim 14 are carried out; and
The support head (20) is moved to introduce the shroud (12) inside the casting facility;
including,
How to introduce a collection shroud. A method for introducing a bottle shroud according to claim 15, comprising:
The bin shroud (12) has already been used in a first angular orientation relative to its axis (40);
In the first stage of the gripping method, the support head (20) is positioned on the shroud (12) such that the shroud (12) is gripped with an angular orientation about the shroud axis (40) different from the first orientation. Moved closer to a part,
How to introduce a collection shroud.